Memory Techniques Worksheet: Attention and Focus

Memory techniques lesson 2: Attention: the first step of memory · Set 850 · 40 questions

Memory tip (You keep what you notice): Helps attention: phone in another room, one task at a time, a clear, tidy desk, eyes on the speaker, notes while listening. Breaks attention: TV on while studying, checking messages, three tasks at once, chatting in class, scrolling while reading. Mind wandering? Note the thought down to “park” it, then go back to your work.

1. 1.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
2. 2.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) skip the chapter (b) read it again, focused (c) read it faster (d) turn the TV on
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) studying half-asleep (b) a clear, tidy desk (c) scrolling while reading (d) checking messages
4. 4.True or false: “studying half-asleep” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a quiet place to study? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
6. 6.True or false: “notes while listening” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these helps attention? (a) phone in another room (b) studying half-asleep (c) TV on while studying (d) three tasks at once
8. 8.Which of these breaks attention? (a) eyes on the speaker (b) a quiet place to study (c) games open on screen (d) a goal for each session
9. 9.True or false: “a clear, tidy desk” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) daydreaming in class (b) notes while listening (c) checking messages (d) TV on while studying
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) asking a question (d) scrolling while reading
12. 12.Which of these breaks attention? (a) a desk full of toys (b) notes while listening (c) a quiet place to study (d) one task at a time
13. 13.Which of these helps attention? (a) scrolling while reading (b) chatting in class (c) games open on screen (d) one task at a time
14. 14.Which of these breaks attention? (a) asking a question (b) one task at a time (c) eyes on the speaker (d) checking messages
15. 15.👀 Does this help attention or break it: asking a question? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) studying half-asleep (d) a goal for each session
17. 17.Which of these helps attention? (a) checking messages (b) chatting in class (c) asking a question (d) a desk full of toys
18. 18.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) doodling cartoons (d) looking at the clock
19. 19.👀 Does this help attention or break it: one task at a time? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) notes while listening (c) eyes on the speaker (d) a quiet place to study
21. 21.👀 Does this help attention or break it: three tasks at once? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
22. 22.👀 Does this help attention or break it: a goal for each session? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
23. 23.👀 Your phone buzzes while you study. What is best? (a) keep it in your hand (b) reply at once (c) put it in another room (d) turn the sound up
24. 24.👀 The teacher is explaining a new sum. Where should your eyes be? (a) on your friend (b) on your phone (c) on the teacher and board (d) out of the window
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) eyes on the speaker (c) phone in another room (d) daydreaming in class
26. 26.Which of these breaks attention? (a) three tasks at once (b) a goal for each session (c) asking a question (d) notes while listening
27. 27.True or false: “games open on screen” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “short planned breaks” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “one task at a time” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.👀 Does this help attention or break it: checking messages? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
32. 32.True or false: “short planned breaks” breaks attention. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.👀 Why does attention matter for memory? (a) it only helps in sport (b) it doesn’t matter (c) you keep what you notice (d) it makes you tired
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking messages (b) studying half-asleep (c) daydreaming in class (d) a quiet place to study
35. 35.True or false: “a goal for each session” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “TV on while studying” helps attention. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “one task at a time” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.👀 Does this help attention or break it: games open on screen? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
39. 39.True or false: “phone in another room” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “a desk full of toys” helps attention. (a) False (b) True

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